This Week in the Missouri Senate for Jan. 12: Committee Hearings Begin

JEFFERSON CITY — This Week in the Missouri Senate reviews:

  • Senate Bill 567, legislation that would modify provisions relating to tax credits and funds for vulnerable populations (Audio: Bill sponsor, Sen. Mike Cunningham, R-Rogersville, and Sen. Jill Schupp, D-Creve Coeur);
  • Senate Bill 564, a measure that seeks to modify provisions relating to public utilities (Audio: Bill sponsor, Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, and Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis);
  • Senate Bill 618, which seeks to modify provisions related to charter schools (Audio: Bill sponsor, Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring);
  • Senate Bill 875, legislation that seeks to require the reporting of firearms lost or stolen in the City of St. Louis (Audio: Bill sponsor, Sen. Nasheed);
  • The likelihood of transportation-funding legislation this year (Audio: Missouri Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City); and
  • Potential ethics reform legislation (Audio: Missouri Senate Minority Floor Leader Gina Walsh, D-Bellefontaine Neighbors).